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ELECTION DAY NOV.4
Ten candidates vie for reinstituted
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
RODRIGO SANTOS
AMY BACHARACH
WILLIAM WALKER
THEA SHELBY
JOHN RIZZO
ANITA GRIER
WENDY ARAGON
THOMAS MOYER
BRIGITTE DAVILA
DAN CHOI
Seven candidates Three candidates running for the running for one three available seats available seat with a with a 4-year term. 2-year term. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES LOST VOTING POWER AFTER CALIFORNIA COMMUNITY COLLEGE CHANCELLOR BRICE HARRIS APPOINTED SPECIAL TRUSTEE ROBERT AGRELLA. NOW WITH COMMUNITY AND POLITICAL BACKING, THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES WILL BE TRANSITIONING BACK INTO VOTING POWER AT CITY COLLEGE. Illustration by Elisa Parrino, Alex Lamp and Santiago Mejia
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ACCREDITATION
Legal maneuvers heat up in SF vs ACCJC trial By Patrick Fitzgerald
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For a sixth time, Superior Court Judge Curtis Karnow rejected the Accreditation Commission of Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) latest arguments to dismiss an injunction against revoking City College’s accreditation. The injunction became effective last January when City Attorney Dennis Herrera’s office sued the ACCJC over the makeup of the accreditation team and for conflicts of interest. These issues raised questions about the integrity of the ACCJC’s decision to pull City College’s accreditation at the end of July. “What we want from the very City Attorney Dennis Herrera (left) arm wrestles ACbeginning is a fair, open (and) CJC President Barbara Beno as Judge Curtis Karnow transparent accreditation process. officiates. (Illustration by Olivia Wise) That’s what we have been asking for from the very beginning,” brief refuting ACCJC’s immunity “I think it is unfair to the Professor Timothy Killikelly said. argument. Attorney Sara Eisen- students. I don’t want to feel like “We think the ACCJC needs to be berg maintained the trial is about I am going to school for nothing,” held accountable for unfair and ACCJC‘s procedural violations student Paulette Brown said. “I illegal practices. No one is above and wrongful decision-making am going to school because I want the law.” for which the State was blameless. to transfer to another college or In an eight-page ruling Karnow has the power to university to get my bachelor’s issued Oct. 8, Karnow methodi- recall ACCJC’s accreditation degree.” cally reviewed the ACCJC’s latest decision. Student’s credits earned The Department of Educatwo briefs filed Sept. 9 and 30. at City College after losing tion (DOE) had earlier cited the The ACCJC again petitioned the accreditation would not be recog- makeup of the ACCJC’s evaluacourt on grounds the Commis- nized by other accredited colleges tion team as an issue which contrasion, as an agent of the State, was and universities. dicted the ACCJC’s guidelines. immune from this lawsuit, a sort Dennis Herrera said he was The evaluation team included of don’t-shoot the-messenger “grateful for a decision that the ACCJC president’s husband, defense. confirms once again that accredi- a high number of administrators, The City Attorney’s office tors’ violations are not beyond the and hardly any faculty. on Sept. 24, filed an opposition reach of the courts or the law.” The DOE indicated that not
Bookstore to get new facelift Plans to renovate City College’s bookstore are underway. Located in Conlan Hall, the bookstore will relocate to the Annex at 11 Phelan Ave., according to an Oct. 10 memo released by Don Newton, the bookstore’s executive director. The first phase of the plan calls for moving all the textbooks by Oct. 17, resulting in the closure of the two stores. All textbooks will be available in the Annex beginning Oct. 20, Newton said. The newly remodeled bookstore in Conlan Hall is expected to open after the Thanksgiving break.
Wealth gap likely to widen, study shows
Wealthier parents are spending more on education for their children resulting in widening the nation’s wealth gap, according to research by Emory University sociologist Sabino Kornrich. The average education spending per child for the
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wealthy jumped 35 percent to $5,210 a year, compared to $1,000 per child for 90 percent of the households, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. The top 10 percent of earners averaged an annual income of $253,146. “People at the top just have so much income now that they’re easily able to spend more on their kids,” Kornrich said. The research also noted that enrollment climbed at pricier private schools.
College releases report on campus safety and security To ensure awareness of public safety and security at City College, the 2014 Annual Security Report is now available for review. This report covers specific crime data for the previous three years, as well as, other safety procedure information for employees and students. The report is in compliance with the Jeanne Clery Disclosure Act that requires colleges to produce an Annual Security Report (ASR). The report is annually due by Oct. 1. The law is named for Jeanne
Clery, a 19-year-old Lehigh University freshman who was raped and murdered in her campus residence hall in 1986. The act was signed into law in 1990. It was originally known as the Crime Awareness and Campus Security Act. “City College of San Francisco (CCSF) is committed to providing a safe and secure environment in which our administration, faculty and staff create an atmosphere of learning for our students,” Campus Police Chief Andre Barnes said, in a memo released Oct. 1. “This is partially accomplished by providing safety, crime information to the campus community.” For a printed copy of the report contact the CCSF Police Department at (415) 239-3200 or download it at www.ccsf.edu
Another push to improve the quality of education for students of color Improving the quality of education for students of color in public schools may soon be a reality if President Barack Obama gets his way. Obama is calling for guidelines that ensure strong
following their own guidelines gave the appearance of a biased evaluation and substance to unfairness allegations. It was an argument used by the city attorney. “I don’t think it is fair at all that they yank it (accreditation) because everyone needs to go to college,” said student Isabel Cohen. “This is a great college for people to go to.” In June 2012, the ACCJC issued a “show cause” letter to City College for why it should be accredited. The ACCJC decided to revoke City College’s accreditation July 2013. SF City Attorney’s office filed a motion for injunction to prevent the ACCJC from revoking City College’s accreditation in Aug. 2013. ACCJC’s latest press release dated Sept. 23, said it “believes its accreditation decisions with respect to CCSF have been valid and warranted and that it will ultimately prevail in the lawsuit.” SF City Attorney’s in an Oct. 8 press release said, “In reaching the conclusion, Karnow largely sided with Herrera’s contention that legal doctrines intended to protect the right of organizations to petition the government to redress grievances would not insulate accrediting agencies from liability for their procedural violations or wrongful decision‐ making.” The People of the State of California versus the ACCJC case will go to trial on Oct. 27.
teachers, high-level math and science courses; quality extracurricular programs, equivalent technology and school facilities, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. A recent document released by the Office for Civil Rights of the Department of Education and reported by the Chronicle shows that while black and Latino students represent 40 percent of all public high school students, they only comprise one-fourth of students taking Advanced Placement classes. Additionally, according to the report, black students are more than four times as likely to attend schools where one-fifth of their teachers do not meet all the requirements for state teaching certificates. Also, schools with a high concentration of students of color are more likely to have temporary classrooms. “Education is the great equalizer,” Arne Duncan, secretary of education, said recently in a statement prepared for the Public Policy Conference of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute in Washington. “It should be used to level the playing field, not to grow inequality.”
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CAMPUS POLICE
City College officials consider arming campus police By J.D. Evans
@sfbreakingnews editor@theguardsman.com
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City College police being armed with guns was a recent topic brought up before Chancellor Arthur Tyler during a Sept. 5 Listening Tour. The debate has resumed at City College over whether or not the school’s police officers should be allowed to carry guns on campus and has been a hot topic raised and dismissed intermittently for the last 12 years. “As we all know, our officers are not armed,” Tyler said. “Is that the most preferred way to do business? Probably not. People have to feel safe and secure in order to have an environment where you can learn.” City College remains one of only two community colleges in California that prohibits its officers from having guns. Although campus police undergo annual firearm training and are ready to be armed, there is no current proposal to equip the department with guns. “We are looking to be armed,” Public Information Officer Tiffany Green said. Green is a 5-year City College Police Department veteran. “We’ve had a lot of circumstances where we have people on campus who have weapons. It would be a safer option for the department if we were armed.” City College must request help from officers at the San Francisco Police Department at the Ingleside station anytime there is a situation on campus in
which a violent weapon is suspected to be present. The amount of time it takes for SFPD to respond, according to Green, can take as long as 5-10 minutes, or even longer. As a result, City College officers worry that law enforcement agents will be unprepared in the event of a major campus emer-
CCSF remains one of only two California community colleges that prohibits its officers from having guns gency. “The ultimate concern is an active shooter,” Green said. “If we were to be an unarmed agency, we wouldn’t be able to immediately do anything about it.” Other members of the City College community have echoed Green’s concerns. Although many students and faculty recognize that there exists a larger external political debate about guns and violence in society, they recognize that this debate is not equivalent to the issue of how to best protect the immediate safety of students on campus. “Ultimately, the question comes down to if there’s an incident, how many minutes before there’s a response?” said
Louis Schubert, a political science professor at City College. “I think that the onus is probably more on the public safety side to explain why this is important and why it is a student-safety question.” Some observers, however, point to skirmishes between police and students that took place during a Feb. 21 campus protest as evidence that campus police should not carry guns. While protesting against Special Trustee Robert Agrella’s alleged mishandling of the accreditation crisis, students were pepper-sprayed, beaten with batons, and detained for attempting to occupy Conlan Hall, the administrative building at the college’s ocean campus. “The police completely misused their force,” said Sarah Thompson, a member of the American Federation of Teachers Local 2121, City College’s faculty union. “If they can’t show any more discretion than that, then they shouldn’t have guns. It’s ridiculous.” Likewise, many students have expressed apprehension over the idea of City College officers carrying guns. The presence of armed campus police, some students fear, could disrupt the unique urban learning community that is City College. “This is a place to learn and feel safe,” said Ricardo Pinell, a 3rd-year student studying administration of justice. “I think tasers would be more suitable than guns. People might feel threatened if police officers have guns.” Despite the controversial nature surrounding any decision on whether or not to arm City College police, the college’s
students, faculty, and staff will have ample time to discuss the issue. The school’s administration has not determined an official process for how to engage in a community-wide conversation about police and guns, let alone taken any sort of concrete steps toward making such an important decision. “One of the things that perhaps we should do is have a
governance process will occur without the approval of an elected Board of Trustees. The State Chancellor is expected to submit a proposal with regards to the restoration of an elected Board of Trustees at the November meeting of the Board of Governors. In the meantime, City College campus police plan to continue developing strategies to address campus safety concerns.
City College campus police may only carry batons and pepper-spray weapons. (Photo by Natasha Dangond) discussion through the participatory governance process to determine whether or not we should continue the way we are and whether or not that unarmed status for our police officers is satisfactory,” Tyler said. According to the Chancellor’s Office, no participatory
On Oct. 17, the police department will host a presentation for faculty, staff, and students that will give information on how to respond should a violent intruder enter campus before police arrive. The presentation will take place from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. in MUB 140.
SENATE BILL 967
‘Affirmitive consent’ policy now required at all California colleges Kristie Barlas
@sfbreakingnews editor@theguardsman.com
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A new bill signed by Gov. Jerry Brown on Sept. 28 requires all California colleges and universities to adopt sexual assault policies that include an “affirmative consent” standard in order to receive state funds for student financial assistance. Senate Bill 967 would require all California post-secondary campuses to adopt and implement new policies concerning sexual assault, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking that adhere to the bill’s requirements. The college has a sexual assault policy , but is currently updating the policy to meet the new requirements according to the new bill. Campus police are enforcing the old policy and investigating their role in the most recent one. Campus Public Relation Officer Tiffany Green said that when a sexual assault incident is called in they report it to the San Francisco
Police Department. “When someone comes to report it, we’ll take the report, we’ll investigate it and we’ll forward it to SFPD,” Green said. “A sexual assault is a sexual assault, and we understand there is a new definition in regards to the victim and what they say and how they consent.”
University of California President Janet Napolitano announced the bill voluntarily approved the funding for establishing an independent program created for every campus to support sexual assault victims. Perhaps the most distinct item defined in the new bill asks for an “affirmative consent” stan-
Protesters march against sexual assault. (Photo by Francesca Alati)
dard that is defined as “affirmative, conscious, and voluntary agreement to engage in sexual activity.” The San Francisco Community College District’s Policy on Sexual Assault on Campus is consistent with Senate Bill 967’s. Both state that consent requires a clear “yes”, can be revoked at any time, cannot be assumed by lack of protest, and cannot be made from someone mentally or physically incapacitated. City College also fulfills the requirements of informing incoming students of educational and preventative information during orientation and by offering presentations on sexual violence prevention at Student Health Services. Project SURVIVE, a peereducation program on campus, trains students to make classroom presentations on promoting healthy relationships. According to Project Survive Coordinator Leslie Simon, students can become peer educators by enrolling in two courses: WOMN 54, “The Politics of Sexual Violence” and WOMN 55, “Ending Sexual Violence: Peer
Education.” Students may also become eligible for the Sexual Health Educator Certificate. Their main focus is to put a stop to sexual violence. They provide resources and information concerning numerous issues like sexual assault, domestic violence and rape. Amber Straus, acting coordinator for Project SURVIVE said they do roughly 200 in-class presentations a year on campus as well as presentations in 9th grade high school health classes around San Francisco. “Project SURVIVE has been doing preventative work for over 20 years now and we will continue to do so,” Straus said. “We do in class presentations and share information on local agencies that are able to support students.” Project SURVIVE is celebrating their 20th anniversary this month and will be showcasing testimonials from peer educators on how Project SURVIVE saved them. The exhibit is located at the Learning Resource Center on the 2nd floor of Rosenborg Library.
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Board of Trust RODRIGO SANTOS
THEA SHELBY
Santos previously served as an appointee to the Board of Trustees and currently serves on the Commission of Workforce Development. He is running for a four-year seat on the Board of Trustees. Santos founded a structural engineering firm that he said employs many former City College students. “(That) has inspired me to make many contributions to CCSF campuses around the city,” Santos said. “My background merges past board experience with private sector experience that will no doubt benefit the CCSF Board of Trustees.” Santos hopes to return City College to a fully accredited and unsanctioned institution, ensure the sustainability of the school and work with the private sector to contribute to the school financially. “Without full accreditation CCSF will fail to serve as an institution that serves the community. This must be the first priority of the new board,” Santos said.
Thea Selby co-founded the Lower Haight Merchant and Neighbor Association and is currently a California High Speed Rail Authority Board member and a chair of the San Francisco Transit Riders. She is running for a four-year term on the Board of Trustees. “I know what it takes to be a good board member and I want to make the Board of Trustees a good board,” Selby said. Selby wants to fight to keep City College accessible for everyone. “This (school) could be the only alternative for a lot of people. City College is San Francisco,” Selby said. Selby’s goals if elected include maintaining accreditation, making City College financially stable and working on a solid marketing plan to help with enrollment. She believes that this is ultimately about students and wants them to have a say in what goes on at City College.
WENDY ARAGON
JOHN RIZZO
Aragon is a political activist and a community organizer in San Francisco and currently serves as the President of the Richmond Democratic Club. She is running for a 4-year term on the Board of Trustees. Though high school was a struggle for Aragon, after enrolling in De Anza College her academic career vastly improved. She benefited from programs like Extended Opportunities Programs and Services, which helped her adapt to college and Disabled Student Programs and Services, where it was accessed she had dyslexia, dysgraphia and dyscalculia. She eventually transferred to San Francisco State University, earning her Bachelor of Arts with a dual major of American Studies and Urban Studies. Aragon decided to enroll in classes at City College last fall when enrollment fell in the midst of the accreditation crisis in support of the school that she believes offers so much to the community.
Rizzo was the former president of the Board of Trustees. Since the special trustee was appointed, Rizzo has been working with other elected officials to gain support for City College. He has worked closely with Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi and Assemblymember Tom Ammiano, as well as the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. He has also spoken with community members to keep them informed regarding the accreditation situation at City College. “I think it is important to build that support,” Rizzo said. He hopes to finish the job he started in regards to maintaining the school’s accreditation and remove the threat altogether. Secondly, he hopes to focus on boosting enrollment if elected, getting the number of studen
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Current City College student D vocal music major and a disabled co LGBT equality and the repeal of “D for a four-year term on the Board o Choi believes the programs at immigrants, LGBT runaways and o “I don’t just name a long list o ents,” Choi said. He wants to give City College’s attention. “I need everyone paying attenti ACCJC on a national level,” Choi sa Though Choi remains optimis open and accredited, he does not b
ANITA G
Anita Grier was the former vice Grier has vast experience as an ed taught special education and was vic She served the San Francisco U manager and program administrato Grier hopes to continue her figh tation. She is motivated by the studen their education. As a board member, Grier ho community members to lobby for in
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CHOI
Dan Choi is a political activist. He is a ombat veteran known for his fight for Don’t Ask Don’t Tell.” He is running of Trustees. City College help homeless people, other groups in need of a new start. of constituents. I am those constitu-
s fight to remain accredited national
ion to CCSF. We have to take on the aid. stic about City College remaining believe that the fight is over.
GRIER
e president of the Board of Trustees. ducator and administrator. She has ce principal at Burton High School. Unified School District as a program or. ht to maintain City College’s accredints who have worked hard to further
opes to meet with legislative and nternal reform.
BRIGITTE DAVILA
By Madeline Collins
THOMAS MOYER
Brigitte Davila is president of the District 11 Democratic Club, vice president of the Latino Democratic Club, member of the statewide political action commitee for the California Faculty Association and a faculty member at San Francisco State University. She is running for a four-year term on the Board of Trustees. Davila said a number of her students are transfers from City College and finds they are a diverse group. She overhears conversations often during her daily commute on the Muni about City College. There are misconceptions and misunderstandings of the current situation and many people that she has spoken to believe that City College has lost its accreditation. If elected Davila hopes to handle the two major problems City College is facing, accreditation and the drop in enrollment.
Thomas Moyer is a San Francisco State University graduate. He is running for a two-year seat on the Board of Trustees. Moyer hopes to be a voice to the supporters of City College. “Many in our community rely on CCSF as their only option for higher education, and I want to make sure the school is put on the right track,” Moyer said. “City College affects students, faculty, local businesses and the entire community. It is too important to fail.” Moyer wants to maintain accreditation, grow student enrollment to bring in more revenue into the school, and improve tech infrastructures to improve efficiencies. “It is clear to me that there are not enough people on the board willing to make the right kinds of sustainable decisions that will keep CCSF available to those seeking higher education,” he said.
AMY BACHARACH
WILLIAM WALKER
Amy Bacharach is a graduate of Emerge California and am an elected delegate for the 19th Assembly District of the Democratic Party. “City College is ripe for new perspectives, and I believe that if strong, independent, pragmatic, unifying leaders fill the seats this year we’ll have a greater chance at having the Board reinstated sooner rather than later. I am one of those leaders,” Bacharach said. Her primary objective is to keep City College open and accredited. “My vision is for the elected Board to move forward with strengthening the institution as a whole, making sure that the community’s needs are being met with high-quality education and training and that the college is on track for financial stability, Bacharach said. Once the school’s situation has been stabilized, Bacharach hopes to create a network of alumni to mentor current City College students to create internship opportunities.
Former City College student William Walker served as the student trustee before graduating City College. He is currently working in the counseling department at Foothill College for the Early Alert Retention Program. “I have ten years of board experience and 20 years of community organization experience,” Walker said in regard to his qualifications. Walker felt that he had good input as a student trustee and was “a key voice when students were involved.” He worked hard to engage students while he attended City College by moderating the Save CCSF Facebook page and blog. Walker believes communication is key, between stakeholders, students, staff and faculty. He wants to address marketing, sustainability and governance issues if elected. Walker said the participatory government implemented “is not working, the process is so broken.”
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Punk bands electrify audience at local venue By Charles Innis
@sfbreakingnews cinnis@theguardsman.com
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A blast of blustery punk and sprawling psychedelia stormed Thee Parkside on Friday Oct. 3, evoking the sounds of 1960s and 1980s era rock. Four bands, three of which included some City College students and alumni, played the small bar/venue for an overall engaging and diverse showcase of music. DINOSAURS Four-piece punk band Dinosaurs began the night. After a brief intro, the band dived head first into a solid mix of boisterous rock songs, all of which were blown into a nearly deafening volume of distortion. The guitarist held the torch throughout the entire set. His dynamic guitar work, occasionally heightened with effects, often changed pace and jumped around in unpredictable directions. Songs rarely stayed put after establishing a chord progression or pattern and refrained from following any obvious formulas. The bass guitar and drumming held the erratic pace together, although the bass was often drowned out in the contained chaos. Third song and highlight “I Can’t Take It” followed this hectic style to stunning results. It began
Dinosaurs, with City College student and lead guitarist Damien Restano, opened the show on Oct. 3, at The Parkside. (All photos by Elisa Parrino) with crashing chords and a grooving pace while the lead singer hollered soulfully in the mix. Midway through, after a building swell of drumming and shredding guitars, the song broke into a slow and enchanting squall until it reached its end.
Other songs embraced a similar liveliness with bold guitar work and high energy. The set ended with two new songs, although the closing number was disrupted when the lead guitarist broke a string midway through.
Their sound is reminiscent of 1980s punk such as The Gories, newer garage-rock bands like Ty Segall, or any band with rough edges on the Burger Records label. Like any punks would, Dinosaurs also came with a sense of humor. A 3-foot tall Godzilla-like
dinosaur figure stood at the edge of the stage wearing a sign that read “#dinosaurssf.” “He’s our fifth member of the band,” the lead singer said between songs. “He’s our new social-media person.”
THE GREEN DOOR After a brief intermission came The Green Door, another four-piece band. They rekindled the 1960s psychedelic haze with a tame and subdued set of sprawling rock songs. Their first few songs maintained a traveling pace without any distinct changes. The sluggish feel of their music dragged a little and occasionally felt stagnant, like a billow of smoke lingering in the air without any will to move. While impressive at a technical standpoint, the guitar work felt overall directionless and vague. Despite the static beginning, the singer had fantastic charisma and crooned delicately along.
The pace picked up midway through the set and things began to get more interesting. Guitarists played with more intensity and the percussion established a strong groove. The intensity rose to a joyous frenzy during their final romp “Tall Grass is Tangled.” They reached a climax and rushed to a vigorous and raucous end – the most exhilarating moment of the night. The Green Door brought the largest crowd to their set – the space was almost completely filled out and many danced along to the psychedelic tunes, especially in the second half once they brought the energy up.
Sweet Plot played third, with former City College student and lead singer Cole Kromer (right from center). SWEET PLOT Sweet Plot played a casual blend of funk and bluesy rock with a vague reggae feel. The singer’s voice resembled Mick Jagger so strikingly, he could easily front a Rolling Stones cover band. With six musicians crowding the stage, including a saxophonist and keyboardist, their set-up seemed more grandiose than necessary. Adding more ingredients and embellishments to the pot could generate something full-bodied
and captivating, however Sweet Plot were generally one-dimensional. Their music traveled predictably with nothing special being done with their bigger sound. Glossy synth keys embellished the simple funk jams to an insignificant degree. The saxophone added a pleasant nuance but rarely pushed out of the background. They created a very agreeable vibe, had a fun demeanor, played with bouncy energy and made generally danceable tunes;
yet, it was overall unchallenging and neutral. This was even reflected in the audience: half the crowd was dancing while the other half was chatting with their neighbors. There is no doubt that Sweet Plot’s show would do a bang-up job as a backdrop to a party or a barbeque. Their simple funk- and reggae-infused sound was easy to sit in. Compared to the more intense shows preceding them, they capped the night with an easygoing finish.
The Green Door played second, with former City College student Evan Wardell on the right.
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culture San Francisco trolley dancers land at City College By Mary Strope
@sfbreakingnews editor@theguardsman.com
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On a foggy, windswept Friday, members of City College’s Strong Pulse dance crew donned brightlycolored clothing to shimmy, sway and climb all over the outdoor amphitheater as they rehearsed for October 18 and 19’s upcoming San Francisco Trolley Dances, an annual free event run by artistic director Kim Epifano of Epiphany Productions. Viewers will hop on and off Muni – this year, the J-Church line – to see a variety of dancers and styles, beginning at 30th and Church streets and ending at the Ocean Campus spot, located behind the Wellness Center. Featuring site-specific work adapted to both the dancers and the unique spaces they perform in, Epifano aims to highlight the people and places in our communities, and connect sometimesoverlooked neighborhoods like the Ingleside and Excelsior. The whole arena, from the concrete ramps looping down to the courtyard, to the stairs’ steep incline, will become a performance space this weekend. “The thing I like most is, we’re always sitting out here on a sunny day,” Strong Pulse member Francisco Arroliga, 24, said. “But today, we’re turning it into a stage.” City College students must audition to be accepted into the 30-person crew, which focuses primarily on hip-hop and contemporary jazz dance. Epifano, who has produced Trolley Dances since 2004, reached out to the group to become a part of the event, and chose the unique space to perform in. Performing in public spaces creates an audience of passersby. Custodians wheeling trash cans stopped to watch, a couple on the balcony made out several floors above the scene, and a young woman, absorbed in her phone, stopped in surprise before running into the dancers. The performance’s theme, “Pages Turn” played upon students’ relationships with the college, dance and San Francisco. Joseph Chang, aka Cello Joe, repeated snippets of the student’s personal stories in a ‘60s coffeeshop-meets-’90s alterna-rock drawl as he performed with a loop pedal and cello. “I started dancing by accident. I’m a computer science major,” Chang intoned as dancers formed their own audience, popping up from their seats on the stairs or following a dancer en masse. The choreography was whimsical, hopeful and celebratory. “At first, I thought, ‘Who is this lady asking me to run up these stairs?’” said Nikalet Brownson, 19. Though she’s performed outside several times, Brownson wasn’t used to Epifano’s far-flung style, but was left impressed by the artistic director’s use of their
(L-R) Trolley Dancers Joyce Kushner and Francisco Arroliga rehearse in front of the Ocean Campus Wellness Center, Friday, Oct. 10. (All photos by Natasha Dangond) surroundings. “You would think to just stay in one place,” Brownson said, instead of making use of the entire area. One of 16 short performances, “Pages Turn” also features Epiphany dancer Jennifer Perfillio and Antoine Hunter, founder/director of Urban Jazz Dance Company and Bay Area Deaf Dance Festival. Hunter, an advocate for the deaf community and renowned dancer, will incorporate sign language into his routine. He regularly works with Epifano, who often integrates spoken word, theater and other artistic genres into her choreography. On other sites, featured artists include Alayo Dance Company, Alternativa, Paradizo Dance and Printz Dance Project. Local flamenco troupe Misión Flamenca will perform directly before the Epiphany Productions/Strong Pulse show inside the Wellness Center, just steps from the amphitheater. Each piece will last eight to 12 minutes. Epifano chose Ocean Campus to draw attention to the college’s current struggles with accreditation as well as its wide range of artistic programs. For the dancer, San Francisco is full of opportunities to bring people out of a typical audience environment and into spaces not usually reserved for performance.
Dancer Antoine Hunter, right, practices strong body language in front of the Trolley Dancers cast, Friday, Oct. 10, at Ocean Campus. “Every place I go in the city, I go, ‘That’s my special place,’ because I’ve danced there,” Epifano said. Trolley Dances will run Saturday and Sunday for six tours, beginning at 11 a.m., 11:45 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 1:15 p.m. 2 p.m. and 2:45 p.m., starting at Church
Produce, located at 1798 Church St. Each tour runs approximately two hours. Audience members will be greeted on-site by trained volunteers and have the option to walk or bike to performance sites on their own. Route maps will be available online and on site. Four
more tours will also be open to the public on Friday, Oct. 17 as part of the Kids on Track program, which connects local school students with the Trolley Dances. Ocean Campus performances will occur between 12:15 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.
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culture
Colorful exhibit feeds viewers’ imaginations By Elisabetta Silvestro
@sfbreakingnews esilvestro@theguardsman.com
The Guardsman
Oakland-based David Polka is the artist behind the latest exhibition showing at the City College Art Gallery. “Four Archetypes” includes paintings on wood panels and installations that recall old-school tattoos and mythology characters. Polka hosted the opening reception Oct. 2 welcoming the attendees, sided by his dog, with hummus, vegetables and crackers. The paintings and the installations feature subjects such as faces, skulls, flames, daggers and hearts, intertwined together in the most unexpected ways. The 29-year-old says mythology, archetypes and the “progressat-any-cost mentality” are recurring themes in his work. The compositions leave the interpretation to the viewers’ imagination. One could see a war scene, deities or the end of the
David Polka sits with his dog during the opening reception of his art exhibition at the City College Art Gallery, Thursday, Oct. 2. (Photo by Nathaniel Y. Downes) world all in the same painting. The colors, obtained through acrylics, color pencils and waterbased inks, appear solid, in natural and primary hues, with bold lines. The installations are inspired
by a style of still-life painting from the 16th and 17th centuries called “Vanitas,” which aimed to represent the passage of time and the transient nature of human life. Polka, attracted to castaway objects, searched for the pieces
for his installations on train tracks and along the bay. “I’m really drawn to abandoned spaces,” he says. The exhibition was curated by art teacher and gallery coordinator Nancy Elliott, who saw Polka’s
work last year in Oakland and contacted him to exhibit this fall. Elliott is on sabbatical this year. The art gallery hosts local and national artists as well as the work from City College faculty, students, staff and alumni. Polka, a University of New Mexico art graduate, moved to Oakland from Albuquerque, N.M., three years ago. “(Oakland) is a really inspiring place to be,” he says, as there are a lot of creative people who support each other and it’s still possible to make a living as an artist. At the moment, Polka is working a lot on murals in Oakland or at his studio Faultline Artspace, which is also a gallery open to the public, in Fruitvale, east Oakland. The exhibition is showing until Oct. 29 at the City College Art Gallery, located in the Visual Art Building, Room 119, at the Ocean Campus. Gallery hours: Monday 12-1:30 p.m., Tuesday 12-4 p.m., Wednesday 12-1.30 p.m. and 6-9 p.m., Thursday 12-4 p.m.
Japanese nursing students pay visit to City College
Approximately 50 Japanese nursing students traveled to City College as part of a three-day cultural exchange and study. (Photo by Mary Strope)
By Mary Strope
@sfbreakingnews marystrope@gmail.com
contributor
Dressed in crisp black and white suits, a group of secondyear students from the Izumo College of Medical Nursing in Japan presented an overview of Japanese food culture to fourthsemester nursing students at City College. As part of a three-day cultural exchange and study program that took place the third week of September, the 38 students attended workshops and simulations, visited hospices and renal care units, and even squeezed in a little sightseeing. Both groups created a presentation about their respective nation’s diets through the aid of San Francisco-based translator Miho Saito. And while the talk
focused on food, it also provided a window into different educational systems and cultures. American cooking, with its focus on speed and convenience, is growing in popularity in Japan, and the variety of meat-based meals, fast food and ready-made products are more available than ever. Traditionally, Japanese mothers wake up early to carefully craft balanced bento boxes for their schoolchildren. While packaged food in bentos appears more frequently today, many mothers still labor over the lunches, often leaving notes urging their children to do well in school and finish every last bite. “You can’t leave one grain of rice behind,” said Yusuke Nyuto, 20, as Saito translated. The students emphasized the importance of passing on Japan’s healthy food customs, drawing
from fresh seafood available to the small island nation and an emphasis on taste – not on condiments or calories. Slides of seasonal dishes – spring’s cherry blossom leaves wrapped around mochi, or cold noodles in summer – showed the significance of fresh ingredients and simple, elegant presentation. The audience groaned upon hearing that Starbucks recently opened across the street from Izumo’s famous Taisho Shrine - a custom-made version of the chain store complete with a traditional design to fit in with the location. “McDonald’s!” was a resounding response to a question about prominent American fast food in Japan, with teriyaki burgers and “Fillet-O-Ebi” shrimp sandwiches as popular menu items. The City College students’ presentation covered topics like food banks and government assistance, Michelle Obama’s healthy
food campaign, diet trends and American staples. Steak and potatoes, fried chicken, pizza and hamburgers were among the popular calorieladen American food mentioned. The traditional Thanksgiving meal was also a focus. “A turkey is a bigger version of a chicken,” explained Pamela Lyau, director of contract education at City College and one of the program’s coordinators. “At Thanksgiving, like it or not, we serve turkey.” Green tea, sake and mushrooms are popular Japanese imports, said James Hayashi, a fourth-semester student at City College, in his presentation. And among the major American imports to Japan? Packaged foods. Other topics ranged from popular Japanese-American dishes (ramen, shabu shabu and sushi,) to the difficulty of getting
placement in an affordable nursing program in the Bay Area. After the presentations, the groups exchanged gifts and the Izumo students, amid a lot of giggling, got up and performed a choreographed dance and song. The groups headed out to chat, take photos and eat snacks. Though he enjoyed the lectures, the best part of the program was mingling and interacting with students, Nyuta said. Standing in the afternoon sun, Yurika Takahata, 19, and Sachiko Kano, 18, agreed on the importance of preserving Japan’s traditions, but said they were fans of American cooking as well, not only for the taste but for the gateway it can provide to a different way of life. “To eat American food is to understand American culture,” Takahata said.
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opinions
Students smothered by loans By Calindra Revier
@sfbreakingnews crevier@theguardsman.com
contributor
I suspect that many students feel hopeless and undoubtedly confused as they trudge through the winding and dark path that is student loans. It starts simple. The current 4.66 percent interest rate, elevated outrageously from 3.86 percent just last year before, is expected to almost double in the next few years. By 2017, cited projections from the Congressional Budget Office state that the student loan rates should top at 6.8 percent and rates for graduate students and parents will exceed their old rates as soon as next year, according to The New York Times article. All that must be completed to take a student loan out is completing one of easiest forms you will ever fill out for a money loan, attending a short 45 min Q and A information session in the MultiUse building and clicking a few boxes online. Then print, give paperwork to the financial aid office and wait for the money to roll in. Unfortunately this process, although simple in terms, does not fulfill the necessary “I’ve got your back” approach by the government. Instead it seems that
most Government Senators and House members would rather protect their own economic interests than help students out from underneath they’re heaping pile of student loans. I am interested to see what the economic state of our country will look like when everyone graduating from college is already far in debt. Back in June congress blocked the Obama backed ‘Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act.’ Pushing for the bill was Sen. Elizabeth Warren who said “This debt is crushing our young people and dragging down our economy,” Warren (D., Mass.) said, according to The Wall Street Journal. Perhaps not surprising, congress disagreed on the bill, and once again our country seems to be politically gridlocked. At four votes shy of the needed 60 votes, the final tally was 56 years (mainly Democrats) to 38 no (primarily Republican). My teacher in high school warned me about student loans. On a teachers salary, hers were at about $50,000 and she explained that she often felt stressed by this load and warned me to be mindful while I contemplated borrowing one to pay my college expenses. . I thought to myself that this would not be an issue for me. I would simply work hard, take out a few small loans, graduate
and immediately start a well-paid job that would allow me to live comfortably while also paying the Federal Government back. The grace period for paying back student loans is 6 months after the last day of class you complete, either at City College or a higher University. That’s 6 months to figure out a steady job (hopefully in your field) that pays enough to support your costly San Francisco rent, pay for your car that just broke down, muni pass, health insurance and that cavity you need to fill which won’t be covered by your healthcare provider because dental isn’t on your plan anymore. Despite my multiple jobs, I am no less in debt. I struggle like many students to afford the sharp expense of living in the Bay Area and simply being in the City. Really I am lucky that I have multiple jobs to begin with. The Economic Policy Institute reported that the new graduate unemployment rate reached a staggering 16.8 percent, leaving many students to wonder if the investment in our education is really worth all the debt. With the midterm elections coming up the focus should be on creating barriers which will protect students from the government profiting off them and they’re already overwhelming debt.
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Chris Valtierra I walk and eat. Fortunately, I go to the Lunch Box. I wish there was better food. I mean the ham, egg and cheese is pretty good but you should not eat that every day.
Tiffany Cheng
I bring my own lunch to campus. I eat in the City Café mostly because they have good music and it is a nice place to eat at.
Nomin Gabat I like to eat by the spot next to Visual Art with the big head statue because it is really chill around there.
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opinions
Should campus police carry guns?
A shooter on campus points a gun at an unarmed officer. (Illustration by Olivia Wise)
Campus police must carry guns to protect City College. Arm them. By Patrick Cochran
@sfbreakingnews pcochran@theguardsman.com
The Guardsman
All it takes is one crazed individual to turn a peaceful campus into a killing zone. We must have armed campus police to combat and prevent a massacre. Tragedies at UC-Santa Barbara and Virginia Tech in the past decade are reasons we need armed officers. We need a way to deal with dangerous people who want to inflict violence to our City College community. Our campus police, armed with only a baton and pepper-spray, are practically useless when faced with a subject with a gun. Can you imagine un-armed police officers responding to a campus shooting? Campus police can’t do anything about a
shooting anyways. They must call the San Francisco Police Department when a person with a weapon is reported. Between 2009 and February 2014, there’s been 37 incidents where SFPD officers responded to persons with weapons at City College, according to a San Francisco Examiner article. If someone has a lethal weapon, campus police need to be able to respond immediately and not waste precious seconds or minutes waiting for SFPD to arrive. Having police without guns is pointless. If we’re going to do that, we might as well just make them a security force and save some money, since a security force would cost less. We have 28 officers on the police force, they need to be armed and trained extensively in the event of a school shooting.
Officer brandishes his gun around students. (Illustration by Serina Mercado)
Arming campus police is an accident waiting to happen. Don’t arm them. By Elisa Parrino and Charles Innis
@sfbreakingnews editor@theguardsman.com
The Guardsman
City College student Alejandro Nieto was murdered by police officers on March 14 of this year. SFPD released a statement describing the event. They described Nieto as “acting erratically and threatening passersby,” quoting an an unnamed source that described him as waving a “pistol-shaped stun gun” and “yelling profanities.” The SFPD jumped the gun and shot Nieto once tensions were high. Nieto was not armed with anything lethal. It did not have to happen that way. Imagine if this scenario occurs on campus? Only last semester was there a major police-involved protest in which students were injured once tensions exploded. No matter how much training an officer may receive, they cannot be stripped of their human error. People are emotionally charged. If someone, policeman or not, feels threatened by an unknown force, they will react with as much force as they find necessary in the spur of the moment. This is how unarmed teenagers are shot. This is how Alejandro Nieto was shot. Guns are not natural things, they are incredibly dangerous and powerful. Give a human being, with all of their hubris and error-prone sense of perception a weapon of power, it would be ridiculous to believe they wouldn’t possibly abuse it.
Armed campus officers will not keep mentally unstable people from committing murders. The people that commit these homicides, such as the Virginia Tech and UC Santa Barbara shooters, do not care what happens to them. They had indiscriminately gone out and shot innocent people regardless of whether police were there or not. If we want to keep this from happening, these psychologically disturbed people need to be helped before they lose their mental ground. These people should have been given psychological care far before they committed their crimes. Not to mention that guns should not be so easily given out to people that could have unstable backgrounds. We are basing our decision on arming campus police off of tragedy. What crimes and violations usually occur at City College? Phone theft, illegal parking and smoking in undesignated areas. Do any of these need lethal enforcement? Right now tensions don’t feel so strong between students and campus police officers. A ticket is intimidating enough. We don’t need a uniformed person armed with deadly weapons making the process more uncomfortable. Let’s keep our relationship with campus police mutual and respectful. If we give them tools of power that might tip the scale towards their side, this relationship will get agitated. No violence on campus means no violence from any side. We’ve been fine without guns for CIty Colleges 80 year life-span, why start now?
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Fri - Sun/17-19 Trolley Dance Volunteer
Volunteers needed for SF Trolley Dances at festival headquarters or as assistant tour guides. Attendance is required during a dress rehearsal and one group training session. For more information visist www.epiphanydance.org
Sat & Sat/18, 25
Mon/20
Wed/22
Thur/23
Thur/25
Veterans Program Speaker Go See “Evil White Foods”
Mechxa de CCSF Meeting Lover of Fine Art?
Veterans Outreach Program Speaker Series has John Gallagher, SF Country Veterans Service Office, talking on Connected Disabilities and Claims. Visit Veterans Service Center at Cloud Hall at 12:15p.m. Open to all CCSF veterans, family members and interested faculty/staff.
Mechxa de CCSF 2-4p.m. at Multicultural Resource Center. Organizing students, Chicano/ Chicana cultural education and empoerment through multicultural unity. For more information visit www.facebook.com/ mechxadeccsf.
Cafe Musee artist presentation will be held in VART 114 from 4-8p.m. The presentation will feature work by French painter, ceramist, engraver and etcher Mathurin Meheut
Thur/23
Tues/28
Fundraiser for CCSF
Speak-Out on Domestic Violence
John Jota Leaños will present his documentary animation “Evil White Foods” from 10-11a.m. at Rosenberg R304. His animated films have been shown at Sundance Film Festival, Mill Valley Film Festival, and Cannes. Email mgarcia@ ccsf.edu for more information.
Mon 20, Wed 22 Wed/22
Learn Self Defense
Tues 28
Interest in Mills College?
Free Self Defense Classes at Mission Campus R107-108 from 12-1:50p.m. Open to ages 14+, SFUSD high school students with parent/guardian permission. Online pre-enrollment recommended. For more information visit www.ccsf.edu/women or call 415-239-3899
Health Insurance Help
Mills College Transfer Counselor Vala Burnett is visiting Rosenberg Library from 10:15a.m.1:15p.m. This is a good opportunity to ask questions and learn about academic programs.
Health Insurance Workshops for International Students in Cloud 247B. The times are 10/20 11a.m.-12p.m.; 10/28 2-3p.m. Reserve a spot at the International Students Office (Cloud 212) or email jheffron@ccsf.edu
Yerba Buena Alliance Gala’s annual fundraiser and community celebration will help raise critical funds for CCSF programs. Culinary Arts students will represent CCSF alongside neighboring top restaurants. Held in City View at Metreon from 5-8p.m. For more information visit yerbabuena.org/gala.
Project SURVIVE, Women’s Studies, Interdisciplinary Studies, Associated Students and Women’s Resource Center presents Speak-Out on Domestic Violence at Smith Hall cafeteria by east windows 1-2p.m. Call 415-239-3899 for more information.
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sports SPORTS CALENDAR FOOTBALL:
Rams slay Chabot Gladiators with commanding 8-1 win
Oct. 18, 1 p.m. vs. Foothill @AWAY Oct. 25, 1 p.m. vs. Santa Rosa @HOME
SOCCER: MEN Oct. 14, 4 p.m. vs. DeAnza @HOME Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m.
City College Rams celebrate the win, Friday, Oct. 10. (Photo by Khaled Sayed)
By Patrick Cochran
@sfbreakingnews pcochran@theguardsman.com
vs. Cabrillio
The Guardsman
@AWAY
The Rams men’s soccer team had a commanding 8-1 victory over the Chabot Collegfe Gladiators. The late afternoon Oct. 10 game featured the Rams at peak performance. Seven minutes into the first half the Rams capitalized and scored the first goal of the game. Kyle Gavce was responsible and was assisted on the play by Altamirano. It looked like the Rams would have an easy victory. But Chabot responded quickly, and within three minutes they tied the game up. “We got the first goal right away, but then they caught us off guard,” said Elisama Padilla. Padilla was the star player of the game, landing himself a hat trick with three goals. After Chabot tied the game, the Rams responded and took over the game. Scoring seven goals, they never let Chabot control the ball for too long and did a great job getting opportunities at the net on offense. Padilla was most proud of his second goal of the game, which happened 32 minutes into the first half. Juan Vasquez found Padilla open, on a one-two maneuver that dizzied the defender and Padilla shot the ball low into the bottom left of the net. It was Padilla’s second hat trick of the season. Ram’s head coach Adam Lucarelli thought the opponent was perfect for Padilla. Padilla had a missed goal that was an impressive play despite him not scoring. With 18 minutes left in the game Padilla was on the fast break, showing off his great speed while dribbling the ball. With the Chabot defender in front of him he flicked the ball forward over the defender head, with it landing on the ground behind the defend-
Oct. 24, 3 p.m. vs. Skyline @AWAY Oct. 28, 4 p.m. vs. Gavilan @AWAY
WOMEN Oct. 17, 4 p.m. vs Foothill @AWAY Oct. 21, 4 p.m. vs Evergreen Valley @HOME Oct. 28, 3 p.m. vs Hartnell @HOME
VOLLEYBALL: Oct. 17, 6:30 p.m. vs De Anza @AWAY Oct. 22, 6:30 p.m. vs Chabot @HOME
er. Padilla charged past him and regained control of the ball charging towards the net. Cocking his leg back and then letting off a hard shot that just went wide of the net, it was a play that showed off Padillas impressive abilities. “The way Chabot played really fit into his style. His ability to score really showed today,” said Lucarelli. At halftime the score was 3-1, and then in the second half the Rams put on a clinic scoring five goals and controlling every aspect of the game. Until the last seconds of the game the Rams were playing hard: players cutting towards the goal for potential one-timers and taking opportunities by booting shots at the net. The team was not content with an 8-1 victory. “We played our CCSF way, scoring five goals in the second half,” said goalkeeper Emmanuel Jimenez. Jimenez had a great game in goal, stoning shot after shot. After letting one goal up early, he quickly regained his composure and shutout Chabot the rest of the game. After the game head coach Adam Lucarelli had the team run sprints. After ninety minutes of running up and down the field he expected his team to be able to go harder. His reasoning for this was simple. “Our mindset about sprints is that most playoff games in years past go to overtime, which is an extra thirty minutes. So we need to prepare for that,” said Lucarelli while his team was behind him going the extra effort running wind sprints. The player understand why they are necessary though. “Coach is preparing us mentally for playoff time.” said Jimenez. That extra effort might be what takes the Rams the distance come playoff time.
City College Rams soccer player strikes the ball. (Photo by Khaled Sayed)
Rams women’s soccer team escapes with a 1-0 victory over Chabot By Patrick Cochran
@sfbreakingnews pcochran@theguardsman.com
The Guardsman
The Rams women’s soccer team played a nail-biter match versus Chabot on October 10, escaping with a 1-0 victory. 18 minutes into the first half Katrina Voris scored the Rams only goal of the match. the play featured teammate Natasha Gosiaco and Hannah Mikles getting in on the action, each being credited with an assist on the goal.
Voris is the Rams leading goal scorer, with three goals for the year, along with an assist that gives her seven points total. Mikles leads the Rams in points, with two goals and four assist for the year. A goal counts for two points and an assist counts for one. The 1-0 victory left the Rams with 4-2-3 record. The Rams have been on a hot streak recently, winning three out of the last 4 matches they played in. The one game they didn’t end up winning was a 0-0 tie versus Ohlone on October 3.